2.30 - Rime Time

 

Balance Changes

A'Zog, Voidfiend of Shars'Rakk

• Attack speed reduced from 0.8 to 1.1 seconds

• Damage increased from 25x2 to 30x2

Adventuring Party

• Fixed a bug causing Adventuring Party's cost to be reset after a temporary hand replacement

• Priestess and Crystal Arcanist will no longer be added to your deck when a temporary hand replacement puts Adventuring Party in your hand

Barrel Shield (Mechanic)

• Fixed a bug causing Barrel Shield to give a permanent speed boost

Boom Buggy

• Fixed a bug causing Boom Buggy to sometimes become unresponsive

Call to Arms

• Now also affects allied buildings

Chief Ice Breaker Bolf

• Now has Revelry: Gain Frozen and heal for 200 Health over the duration

Crossbow Trap

• Duration reduced from 20 to 17 seconds

Decoy Trap

• Duration reduced from 15 to 13 seconds

Feng the Wanderer

• The Empyrean buff is changed from Bulwark to Legion (1)

• Fixed a bug causing Feng the Wanderer to always gain the Bulwark effect

Frostberry Bearer

• Attack speed buffed from 3 to 2.6 seconds

High-Mage Leiliel

• Health increased from 180 to 220

Idol of Sacrifice

• Healing changed from a flat 250 to 60 Health per Slitherbound sacrificed

Incubus

• Fixed a bug causing Incubus to sometimes become unresponsive

Jez'Ra, the Voidmother

• Added Mythic tag to description

Karmic

• Now summons with Karmic Shield active

King Puff

• Mimic Magic no longer triggers when dealing damage to friendly targets

Lone Scout

• If summoned as the only minion under your command, instead of gaining 1 mana, Lone Scout gains Haste and Sneaky (single-use stealth)

Morder - Tombstone Perk

• Fixed a bug causing Minion Ability cards to become unusable after the minion was revived by Tombstone

Mountainshaper

• Fixed a bug causing Mountainshaper to stop gaining charges after a temporary hand replacement

Null Matrix

• Fixed a bug causing Null Matrix to incorrectly change Max Health when removing Spirit

Protocol 45.54.55-1N

• Arc Slash cooldown reduced from 6 to 5 seconds

Scrap Yard

• Only summons 2-5 cost minions

Shars'Rakk Twins

• Now also has Sneaky (single-use stealth)

Skeleton (minion)

• Damage increased from 20 to 25

Spelldancer

• Amount of Arcane Sparks fired increased from 3 to 4

Sugilite Shield

• Fixed a bug causing the Sugilite Shield effect to become permanent

Swarmer Totem

• When destroyed, deals 50 damage and knocks back enemies in a radius of 5, and summons 3 Swarmers

Tronvier - Runic Empowerment Perk

• Fixed a bug causing Runic Empowerment to not work correctly when you have no ground minions in your hand

Unholy Ground

• Fixed a bug causing Unholy Ground to sometimes permanently ground minions

Wardancers

• Damage increased from 20 to 25

Wild Stonebjorn

• Attack speed buffed from 3 to 2.6 seconds

Wrecked Walker

• Escort drones no longer spawn on top of each other

2.29 - Guard and Glory

 

Balance Changes

Elite Swarmer

• Movement speed increased from 7 to 8

Cowardly Imps

• Instead of gaining Fear when a nearby friendly minion dies, Cowardly Imps now only gains Fear when a nearby Cowardly Imp dies.

Magnetic Bombs

• Amount summoned increased from 4 to 6

• Damage reduced from 80 to 60

• Master damage reduced from 40 to 30

Fireball

• Damage increased from 200 to 220

• Master damage increased from 100 to 110

Dragon Ball

• Damage increased from 200 to 220

• Master damage increased from 100 to 110

Rock Rivals

• The enemy Living Statue now has Slow and Berserker's Rage instead of Divine Shield

Fire Imp

• Attack AoE increased from 3 to 4

Battle Shi-Hou

• Attack speed detection radius increased from 6 to 7

• Attack range increased from 0.4 to 2.0

Scrat Launcher

• Cost increased from 3 to 4

• Range increased from 26 to 30

• Damage increased from 60 to 90

Priestess

• Health reduced from 120 to 100

• Damage increased from 5 to 10

Arcane Barrage

• Starting stacks increased from 2 to 3

• Damage per stack reduced from 60 to 50

Bulwark

• Damage reduction reduced from 33% to 25%

R3-KT Alt Perk 3 (Mass Illusion)

• Cooldown reduced from 25 to 23 seconds.

Korrrgoth, Tyrant of Gor'Rakk

• Attack range increased from 4 to 7

Frostfang Familiar

• No longer targets Puffs

Tronveir Alt Perk 1 (Runic Attunement)

• Mana spent on Abilities now also counts towards gaining Rune of Ancestry

Skeleton Crew

• Amount summoned reduced from 3 to 2

• When played, grants 2 additional Accursed Ascension progress

2.28 - Frostbite Feast

 

Balance Changes

Jolo the Hero Scrat

• Dodge chance reduction reduced to 12%

Protocol 45.54.55-1N

• Arc Slash damage increased from 100 to 150

• Arc Slash cooldown increased from 4 to 6 seconds

Jadespark Watchers

• The Shi-Hou now have Bulwark

Caber Tosser

• Cost reduced from 7 to 6

• Caber damage reduced from 200 to 150

Red Golem

• Health increases from 850 to 875

• Damage increased from 200 to 225

Impetus Blast

• Damage reduced from 15 to 10

Rendrath the Deathless

• Resurrected minions now have 35% reduced health and damage

Gor'Rakk Gate

• Summoned minions have Rush

Rabid Prowler

• Sacrifice cost increased from 1 to 2

Scrap Yard

• Can now summon 6 cost minions

Leiliel's Vortex

• Cost reduced from 3 to 2

• Mana Freeze increased from 1 to 2

Chain Gang

• Timer for summoning Darters increased from 5 to 6

Coax the Diplomancer

• Hypnotize duration increased from 5 to 7 seconds

Highland Huntress

• Summoned with Vicious Strike active.

The following cards are now limited to 1 copy in decks

• Sniper Squad

• Frostfang Familiar

• Sewer Scrat

• Crakgul Doomcleaver

• Resonating Blast Crystal

• Slitherbound

2.27 - Bridge Breaker

 

Balance Changes

Hypnotize

• Duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds

Ravager - Brutus Perk

• Brutus now inflicts Fear on his first attack against each minion

Ravagar - Terror Brutus Perk

• Terror Brutus now inflicts Fear on his first attack against each minion

• When Terror Brutus spawns, all enemy minions in your area will be Feared

Bazooka Scrat

• Movement Speed increased from 5 to 6

• Health increased from 100 to 110

Sapphire Pebble

• Health increased from 50 to 60

Rammer

• Damage increased from 160 to 180

• Health reduced from 350 to 325

Settsu - Air Support Perk

• When you play the H3LL-F1RE, Settsu is healed for 180.

Slitherbound Darter and Lancer

• Attack Speed reduced from 1.7 to 1.8

Annihilator

• Health Increased from 150 to 170

Soul Stealer

• Base Attack Speed increased from 1.6 to 1.5

Frostfang Familiar

• Cost reduced from 3 to 2

• No longer grants Spirit

• Heals the possessed unit for 50 health

Demon Warrior

• Movement Speed increased from 4 to 7

• Attack range increased from 1 to 1.5

Glenn's Brew

• Healing increased from 175 to 200

Frostberry Bearer

• Healing increased from 175 to 200

Brother of the Burning Fist

• Health increased from 600 to 625

• Damage increased from 130 to 150

Fergus Flagon Fighter

• Attack radius increased from 2.8 to 3

Ratbo

• Max attack speed of Basic Attack increased from 0.3 to 0.2

• Charge-up time of Basic Attack increased from 2 to 3 seconds

Jez'ra - Void Tear

• Number of Cowardly Imps spawned increased from 4 to 5

Urclaw, Protector of the Peaks

• Damage increased from 75 to 90

Ravager

• Basic attack damage increased from 8 to 10

Sunder

• Instead of dealing 75 damage twice, it now deals 100 damage and then 50 damage.

Arcane Barrage

• Starting stacks reduced from 3 to 2

Kurrrnath Crystalback

• Cost reduced from 4 to 3

• Health reduced from 325 to 210

2.26 - Rotten Reverberations

 

Balance Changes

Wardancers

• Attack Speed buffed from 0.9 to 0.8 seconds

Bladestar

• Damage increases from 80 to 100

• Maximum number of bounces reduced from 10 to 8

Crossbow Club House

• Duration increases from 10 to 15 seconds

Lord-Sentinel Thelec

• Now only has Mana Freeze (2) if you have 4 or more spells in your deck

• Summoned with only 1 Crystal Archer by default
  

• Amount of Crystal Archers summoned when activated reduced from 6 to 5

Living Statue

• Damage increases from 140 to 150

Squire Puff

• Delay between activations reduced from 10 to 8 seconds

A'Zog - Shadow Dash

• Cost reduced from 1 to 0

Cannon Roller

• Attack Speed buffed from 1.8 to 1.6 seconds

• Movement Speed increases from 5 to 6

Net Blaster

• Health reduced from 140 to 120

Once Bitten

• Cost reduced from 3 to 2

• The werewolf is no longer summoned with Rage

R3-KT

• R3-KT now deals Ranged Damage while active on the field

Idol of Sacrifice

• Improved visual and audio feedback for when the Idol becomes active

Snap Freeze

• Duration of the lingering frost field increases from 3 to 4 seconds

Stormy

• Damage dealt to self is now counted as True Damage

The following cards are now limited to 1 copy in decks

• Ghost Turret

• Idol of Sacrifice

• Bearvalance

2.25 - A Tail of Valor

 

2v2 Match Quality Update

Back in December, we implemented a new system to warn and temporarily suspend users from 2v2 matches specifically. Since these suspensions are lighter than full game bans, we're able to take action more frequently and more consistently when disruptive behavior shows up.

We're now issuing warnings and suspensions on a daily basis, and player reports are one of our most important tools in identifying this type of behavior, and we appreciate everyone who takes the time to submit them.

The good news: a large portion of players receiving a warning or suspension have only needed a single warning, which suggests that the system is doing its job and is improving the quality of the matches. We'll continue monitoring and refining this approach as we move forward.

We’d also like to remind players that continuing to play in ways your teammates consider griefing will result in increasingly longer suspensions from the game mode. 

Bug Fixes

Incubus

• Fixed an issue where an Incubus would become idle if Netherstep targeted minion that died at the exact same time.

Balance Changes

Vuk's Clutchcooker

• Health increased from 450 to 500
• Damage increased from 150 to 180

    

Apep (Perk: Papyrus of the Black Obelisk)

• Cooldown increased from 30 to 32 seconds

    

Frostfang Familiar

• Movement Speed reduced from 10 to 7

    

Idol of Sacrifice

• The sacrifice effect also deals 50 damage to nearby enemies and knocks them back

    

Lash of Ah'Mun

• Master damage dealt increased from 10% to 25%

    

Karmic

• Minimum return damage from Karmic Shield increased from 40 to 50

    

Heal Puff

• Now heals for 50 health every 4 seconds instead of 12 health every 1 second.

    

Zeppelin Bomber

• Bomb damage is no longer reduced by Bulwark

    

Howling Moon

• Also fears every minion affected by the health reduction in a random direction

    

Caged Prowler

• Now has Slitherbind (1)  

Rock Rivals

• The living statue summoned for the opponent now has Divine Shield

    

Prime Sergeant Raddick

• Bullet spread reduced by 50%
• Range increased from 4 to 6

    

Woodsman

• Attack speed buffed from 1.9 to 1.8 seconds

    

Rabid Prowler

• Cost reduced from 5 to 4
• Sacrifice cost reduced from 3 to 1

    

Blastmancer

• Soul Detonation radius reduced from 14 to 12

    

2.24 - Palebane Omen

 

Premade Lobby Improvements

We have improved the Team Ranked Premade Lobby interface to help teams get into action faster. It is now much easier to identify exactly which duplicate masters and cards are preventing your team from queueing.

Chat Moderation Improvements

To ensure our chat remains a welcoming space for everyone, we've improved the tools available for our chat moderation team to address issues quicker. While you might not see these changes directly in the chat, we hope that you will experience a cleaner and more positive in-game chat.

Balance Changes

Spawn of Fury

• Now mirrors the new unit vertically instead of summoning it next to the original

Armored Escort

• The shield and sentry buff (after playing it at 6 or more mana) now only triggers on ground ranged minions

Screaming Scrat

• Cost reduced from 2 to 1

• Damage reduced from 100 to 30

• Movement speed increased from 7 to 10

• Time to explode reduced from 4 to 3 seconds

Woodsman

• Damage increased from 70 to 75

Stormbringer (Perk 2: Aerodynamics)

• Now also grants Marksmanship to friendly Buildings

Healing Shrine

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Zap Shrine

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Wall

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Sanctum of the Cleansing Fire

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Fergus Flagon Fighter

• Now has "Revelry: Increase movement speed by 2. Triggers only once."

Rampant Growth

• Delay before the shrooms start moving reduced from 1.5 to 0.5 seconds

Rabid Prowler

• Cost reduced from 6 to 5

• Is summoned with all its health poisoned

• Inflicts 2 seconds of Poison with each attack

• Sacrifice effect changed to: "Sacrifice (3): Gain Haste"

Mordar (Alt Perk: Tomb of the Deathless)

• Cooldown reduced from 38 to 34 seconds

Rocket Scrat

• No longer has Shield

• Damage increased from 80 to 90

Milloween (Perk 1: Arcane Golem)

• Health gained from each Arcane Spark reduced from 30 to 25

Jez'Ra, the Voidmother

• Damage reduced from 150 to 120

Ravager (Alt Perk 3: Onslaught Codex)

• Impatient Statue, Gax the World Bomb, Demon Warrior, Guardian, and Lord-Sentinel Thelec can no longer be generated

Future Past / Future Present

• Arcane Barrage can no longer be generated

The following cards are now limited to 1 copy in decks

• Screaming Scrat